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     James Mallory (Jimmimallo) BOC INITIATE Username: Jimmimallo Post Number: 20 Registered: 8-2005 Rating: N/A |
Last night I was catfishing at the spillway and catching some ok sized blues when I caught the strangest fish I have ever seen. It was silver with large scales like a carp and a small mouth kinda like a gasper goo, but it was shaped like a panfish kinda lika a huge crappie body and it had a sharply forked tail like a tuna. It was around 16" and at least 2lbs. This is a spillway in central texas and I have never seen a fish like it before. Any clues what it might be? | ||
| George W Ostrom (Katfshn50)  BOC EMPERORUsername: Katfshn50 Post Number: 4793 Registered: 11-2003  Rating: N/A |
Asian Carp maybe? Looks like ya described one to a tee. Scurge of the water! LOL!  DON'T WRITE A CHECK WITH YOUR MOUTH THAT YOUR BUTT CAN'T CASH SOME PEOPLE JUST DON'T KNOW THAT THEY JUST DON'T KNOW BROOKLAWN,NEW JERSEY | ||
| Jerry Trew (Jtrew) BOC EMPERORUsername: Jtrew Post Number: 5823 Registered: 3-2002  Rating: N/A |
Looking at the fish from the side, were the eyes situated much lower in the head than normal? The eyes of a bigeye carp are actually just below a horizontal line drawn through the head. Sorry, but I was unable to find a picture of one.  Jerry, Little Rock, Arkansas | ||
| victor schlemmer (Cdiverus) BOC INITIATE Username: Cdiverus Post Number: 25 Registered: 4-2005 Rating: N/A |
IT MAY BE A WHITE DRUM. | ||
| larry mckissack (Mckiss) BOC INITIATE Username: Mckiss Post Number: 19 Registered: 5-2005 Rating: N/A |
sounds like a white drum ,if it was yellow with red tips fins on the bottom ,red carp is what we call themgot a pointed mouth for sucking off the bottom | ||
| robert rutherford (Curledchub) BOC INITIATE Username: Curledchub Post Number: 1 Registered: 12-2006 Rating: N/A |
hi all new to the forums but been catfishing for awhile. this mystery fish sounds like an aligator shad its just an overgrown shad thats a bit more prehistoric with the body armor. | ||
| Doyle Shoot (Doyle)  BOC PALADINUsername: Doyle Post Number: 821 Registered: 2-2005  Rating: N/A |
Robert, welcome to the BOC, this is a great place to talk fishing.  
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| AJ Whittle (Cumberland_river_catman)  BOC SQUIREUsername: Cumberland_river_catman Post Number: 148 Registered: 6-2009  Rating: N/A |
Yep could be a asian carp.. as they will go for anything. BOC Squire AJ Whittle Serving the Community Since June of 2009 1 Time BOC Giveaway Winner |
